LIRR Train Strikes Car Near Greenlawn Station

GREENLAWN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Long Island Rail Road service has been restored between Port Jefferson and Huntington following an earlier accident involving a train and an unauthorized vehicle on the tracks.

The accident involved the 7:35 a.m. train from Port Jefferson due in Penn Station at 9:24 a.m., spokesman Aaron Donovan told CBS 2.

The train struck the vehicle around 8:25 a.m. just west of the Greenlawn station, suspending service in both directions between Port Jefferson and Huntington.